Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Reviews
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is mediocre and another unnecessary game-as-a-service. The interesting narrative premise is ruined by poor writing and annoying characters. The solid gunplay falls apart due to repetitive gameplay. It's a major disappointment from Rocksteady.
Review in Italian | Read full review
It's hard to say what caused the production time for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League to drag on so long. The boring, merely ten-hour campaign offers very repetitive content in a repetitive boring world. A story with immense potential was killed right on the start. Not every studio can make games as a service, and Rocksteady is another example of this. Stay away because you won't find much substantial content here, just a lot too long tutorial.
Review in Polish | Read full review
It’s clear a lot of love and attention to detail that went into creating Suicide Squad. Despite some narrative shortcomings, the game has that tried-and-true world-building and characters that Rocksteady is known for. The moment-to-moment gameplay is phenomenal and feels great with a performance to match. The end game seems promising and has a solid foundation. Though some technical issues persist, mission/enemy variety and interesting loot and designs will only propel the game further. With a clear year-one roadmap already established, Suicide Squad is undoubtedly Rocksteady’s most ambitious and deepest game to date.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is the most difficult title to review not only of 2024 but perhaps, who knows, of the entire generation. After nearly a decade of waiting since Batman Arkham Knight, Rocksteady finally returns with a project greeted more with a heartfelt funeral requiem than a bit of cold detachment. Judged through the lens of the fan disappointed by what this title could have been, it would be easy to speak of disappointment, going on to hyperbolically mark (existing) flaws and narrative merits. But striving to judge the title for what it sincerely wants to be, we cannot help but recognize its obvious production values, the courage of the change of course, and, ultimately, the fun and entertainment it can deliver. Because Kill the Justice League is primarily that: a title that offers genuine entertainment, driven by a compelling and unpredictable plot. Not everything works as it should and the specter of repetitiveness hovers as over any other looter shooter. But one thing is certain: Suicide Squad is not as bad as branded by general opinion. Give it a chance: this rowdy squad might surprise you and, who knows, maybe a year from now we can find ourselves here talking about its journey.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a game that does everything it can to be fun. Really, everything: there are always missions to complete, enemies to eliminate, the gameplay is quite satisfying even if enormously chaotic, the weapons are as crazy as the protagonists, and the story is well written (until a few moments before the finale) . The problem is the very nature of the project, born at a time when this genre was being born and published at a time when this genre has already demonstrated its enormous limits. Rocksteady's Metropolis, then, doesn't have even a shred of the magnificence of Gotham City, and the endgame fails to make an impact, not even on the settings. We'll see what the future holds for us, but the impression is that Suicide Squad will be remembered as something that tried to cherish dreams of glory, and that it won't succeed. The real Rocksteady, let's be clear, is not this.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League tries to be what Rocksteady is best at, being a fantastic singleplayer that handles its IP characters well, while also being what Rocksteady was never equipped for, an ongoing live game. It fails in more aspects that it succeeds in. The potential is there but none of it is ever fully realized.
"Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League surprisingly entertained me more than expected, though it took a few hours to get there. Once Task Force X gains momentum, the gameplay becomes quite enjoyable. However, the game lacks memorable missions, and aside from boss fights, it risks becoming repetitive. While the solid script, character development, and groundbreaking graphics are redeeming factors, Rocksteady should consider refreshing the monotonous mission structure with post-launch content to maintain interest in this live-service game."
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Overall, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League featured some of the best third-person shooting gameplay in recent years. But paired with a lackluster story and draining live service elements, it failed to hit any of the marks expected by such a high-profile IP and developer.
The game is well structured and definitely presents variety of choice on the activities to be done due to the open world component, although although there are many missions available, they are very repetitive in terms of gameplay. On the level of mechanics, it is very intuitive and one does not need to spend a lot of time learning how to play the game as best as possible. Graphically the game has strengths, but also weaknesses especially from the FPS point of view; the audio compartment, as also in previous titles of the DC brand, creates a perfect setting during the game. The possibility then to use four different characters in such a game is very interesting, considering that each of them has its own peculiarities, too bad for the little breadth from the point of view of weapon classes that would have given an extra boost to the different synergies that can be created between the characters.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is Rocksteady's first attempt to delve into the waters of live-service titles, and unfortunately, it's not one of the happiest examples. It's a bone-dry shooter that currently has no choice but to rely on the story and recycle the minimal content one can find in it. Will that change in the coming seasons? Maybe yes, maybe no. There's nothing to do but wait. In terms of release, though, this title doesn't even come close to the studio's previous games, and one that may very well end up like most live-service titles that fail to impress from day one.
Review in Czech | Read full review
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League could have been something special. The immense effort and resources they spent on animation and acting set the standard for the superhero/villain games, but the cancerous, live-service looter shooter layer nullified most of it.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a cookie-cutter live service that feels like a chore to play thanks to bloated and repetitive missions, half-baked objectives, and an uninspired story that stops trying halfway through. Outside of solid animations and voice acting, there’s little to enjoy in this forgettable title from WB. It’s a bland experience that’s mediocre at best and a grueling slog at its worst. With so little soul here, I doubt people will remember it well enough to put it on their ‘Worst Games of 2024’ lists.
"Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League" still arguably shows Rocksteady's ambition, but it's also a reminder that even the best can stumble when trying to walk the tightrope between innovation and tradition.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a game about conflict but the game itself seems conflicted about what it wants to be. There's an excellent story to be had with the motion capture and voice acting among the strongest I've ever seen. Gameplay, while thrilling in some aspects has a few wrinkles that dampen the experience. Overall, I had a good amount of fun playing the campaign, but so far the live services component lacks in several key ways.
Had more care been given to crafting a more handcrafted campaign that relied less on repetitive busywork and more on the cinematic set-pieces that we know the looter shooter genre is capable of when done right, then this may have been a different story, and the admittedly enjoyable combat would have had the chance to shine more had the activities surrounding it been remotely enjoyable or creative. As it stands, though, this is one of the worst campaigns ever to grace a videogame, never mind a live service, with an endgame that does the unforgivable and asks you to continue grinding out the same content that you’ve just slogged through. Rocksteady’s return should have been something to cherish, given the studio’s pedigree, but Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is instead a product that raises serious doubts about the studio’s future.
The main problem is the central idea of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice which is trapped in a cold world and with highly repetitive missions.
Review in Greek | Read full review
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is the worst kind of AAA game. It was clearly mandated from higher-ups. It’s incredibly obvious that this was not what Rocksteady wanted to do, as this game, like other lame AAA live services before it (Redfall comes to mind), feels uninspired, unfocused. What’s worse, Rocksteady really tried to come up with some good things, such as Deadshot’s admittedly fun combat mechanics. Sadly, for every good thing they were able to deliver, there are two or three other elements that bring the game down several notches.
After a long wait, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League finally came out, bringing an excellent story, competent audiovisual production, and solid gameplay. The issue is that the short campaign is followed by repetitive challenges and the game's mechanics are relatively simple. The experience is worth it for fans of the looter shooter genre and the DC universe but only with updates and relevant new additions will it be a good recommendation for the general public.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is trying its hardest, but it comes off as a messy science project dressed up to look pretty, and we all know it doesn’t really do what it needs to. Sadly, a lot more polish is needed if there’s going to be hope of this release lasting longer than a year as a live-service title because, as we all know, they’re usually driven by the fans and a constant stream of income from microtransactions… Though there’s already a scarcity of pre-teens with a ton of money to burn, only time will tell.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a contradictory game: it has a good narrative and a great gameplay, but all is cancelled by a live service structure that limits its depth and variety. The game is worth for the fans only for the main campaign.
Review in Italian | Read full review